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Consider a spherical gaseous cloud of mass density ρ(r) in a free space where r is the radial distance from its centre. The gaseous cloud is made of particles of equal mass m moving in circular orbits about their common centre with the same kinetic energy K. The force acting on the particles is their mutual gravitational force. If ρ(r) is constant with time. The particle number density n(r) = ρ(r)/m is:

(g = universal gravitational constant)

a) 3K/πr2m2G b) K/2πr2m2G c) K/πr2m2G d) K/6πr2m2G Answer: (b) GMm/r = mv2/r = 2/r x ½ x mv2 =... View Article

A current carrying wire heats a metal rod. The wire provides a constant power P to the rod. The metal rod is enclosed in an insulated container. It is observed that the temperature (T) in the metal rod changes with time (t) as T(t) = T0 (1 + βt1/4) where β is a constant with appropriate dimension of temperature. The heat capacity of metal is:

a) \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{4P(T(t) – T_0)^3}{\beta^4 T_o^4}\end{array} \) b) \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{4P(T(t) – T_0)^2}{\beta^4 T_o^3}\end{array} \) c) \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{4P(T(t) – T_0)^4}{\beta^4 T_o^5}\end{array} \) d) \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{4P(T(t)... View Article